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Expert Services and Consulting

OPAL-RT offers expert assistance for the performance of complex studies requiring advanced knowledge of modeling, simulation and specialized testing across a wide range of power electronics and power system applications. OPAL-RT modeling and study services are generally performed at the company’s headquarters, while testing is carried out at the client’s facility or another site using OPAL-RT’s high-end portable simulators. Equipped with decades of collaborative experience with utilities, research labs, manufacturers and power electronics and power system experts, the OPAL-RT consulting team is always ready to participate in collaborative R&D, as well as in practical engineering activities, and help bridge the knowledge gap between industry experts. Through model-based design and testing approaches, OPAL-RT experts help increase the Technology Readiness Level of new concepts and significantly reduce time-to-market.

Extensive Know-how

Since 1997, the established and growing OPAL-RT team of experts has comprised a diverse and multi-faceted collaboration of deeply experienced and committed workers, thinkers and instructors. The team’s expertise covers power system analysis, including hydroelectric, thermal, wind, and solar power generation; power transmission and distribution; power electronics drives; as well as micro-grids, HVDC and FACTS. OPAL-RT draws on extensive knowledge earned through collaborations with institutions including Hydro-Quebec – specifically, HQ-TransEnergie, HQ-Production and the Institut de recherche d’Hydro-Quebec (IREQ) – applied research labs and some of the world’s largest manufacturing companies. OPAL-RT’s expertise has been kept immediate and innovative through direct involvement in complex and far-reaching projects with the State Grid Corporation of China (SGCC), ABB, RTE-France, GE Energy, and many more. OPAL-RT also works in close collaboration with a wide variety of universities, industrial research centers, labs and engineering firms throughout the world.

Domains of Expertise

OPAL-RT experts are ready to bring unique experience to challenging projects in a wide variety of areas. The company’s domains of expertise include, but are not limited to, the following specializations: